WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Half Man Half Biscuit - Old Age Killed My Teenage Bride Chords | Ver. 1
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It was a natural state of affairs; it was a quiet ambition of hers
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She had a room overlooking the lawn; it was a perfect August morn
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And with a crossword clue in her head, ?Origin of Species? read
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?King James? under the bed.
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No broken bones, no gaping wound about 10 centimetres wide
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No sword protruding from her side, it?s just like Dr Forbes implied
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Old age killed my teenage bride.
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She didn?t care for adrenaline sports, never learned any difficult chords
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Did she ever have a scr*p with a bear? If she did, I wasn?t there
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And yesterday at a hundred and one, she had a shower, cup of tea and a scone
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And just as ?Cash In The Attic? came on.
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Such sweet delight upon her face, no armed response team stood outside
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No torso washed upon the tide, it could not be more cut and dried
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Old age killed my teenage bride.
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And when she reached her centenary year, they gathered round her wanting to hear
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All the tips on staying the course; she said ?At 21 I got a divorce
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And I hold no particular creed, I?ve never coveted things I don?t need
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Under ladders I walked without fuss ?cos it stopped me getting hit by a bus?.
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And she turned to the children at her side
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And said ?Take the good and the bad times in your stride?
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And ?Abseil for no-one?, then she died
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Seems old age killed my teenage bride
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Teenage bride, my teenage bride.